Tag: digital payments

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Mastercard launches Wallet Pay for connected digital payments

Mastercard has introduced Mastercard Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of payment solutions designed to improve interoperability between digital wallets across contactless, QR code and online transactions. The platform aims to help digital wallet providers expand their services without having to build extensive payment connectivity themselves. Mastercard said Wallet Pay can support use cases ranging from […]

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GCash SoundPay Plus helps SMEs adapt to cashless growth

Small and medium-sized businesses in the Philippines are increasingly turning to digital payments as they expand across physical stores, pop-ups, bazaars, and online channels, with QR Ph transactions showing rapid growth in 2025. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed that QR Ph person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions surged 246.9% in volume to 183.3 million transactions […]

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Grab expands GrabCoins rewards across rides, food and cashless payments

Grab Philippines is expanding its GrabCoins rewards program, giving users more ways to earn and redeem points across rides, food deliveries, grocery purchases and cashless payments through the Grab app. Users can earn GrabCoins from eligible GrabCar bookings, GrabFood and GrabMart orders, GrabPay transactions and selected in-app activities. The coins can then be redeemed for […]

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Maya pushes customer-led cybersecurity as digital finance expands

As Filipinos increasingly rely on digital platforms to move, save, borrow, and manage money, Maya is emphasizing a cybersecurity approach that combines customer-facing controls, stronger enterprise defenses, and closer coordination across the financial ecosystem. Speaking at the recent BusinessWorld Cybersecurity Summit, Maya executives said cybersecurity is becoming an integral part of the digital financial experience, […]

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Wise expands digital payment tools for Filipinos living across borders

Wise is expanding its digital financial infrastructure in the Philippines with new features designed to make receiving, spending and moving Philippine pesos easier for people and businesses managing money across borders. The fintech company said the changes reflect the growing number of Filipinos earning, working, studying and traveling internationally. An OCTA Research Q1 2026 survey […]

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UFS and GCash showcase the digital future of dining

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) and GCash for Business brought together food, technology, and consumer trends at the Future Menus 2026 Food Trends Adventure, highlighting how digital payments and ordering technologies are reshaping the dining experience. Held at Foro de Intramuros, the event transformed the venue into a food crawl featuring dishes from 15 merchants. The […]

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Visa, UMSI launch smartphone-based payments for Filipino MSMEs

From left to right: Visa Growth Product Director Maria Peralta; Visa Philippines Country Manager Jeffrey Navarro; USSC President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Xavier Gonzales; USSC Chief Marketing Officer J. Richard Soriano; DICT Undersecretary for Strategic Initiatives Leandro Aguirre; and DOT Assistant Secretary for Branding and Marketing Communications Armand Lorenze Valeria Sapitan, during the launch […]

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UnionBank powers seamless transactions at Toast Wedding Fair 2026

(From left) Marga Bellosillo, UnionBank SME Senior Marketing Manager; Dino Velasco, UnionBank Institutional Segment Marketing Head; Jade Haw Co, Toast Wedding Fair Management Director; and Bryan Co, Toast Wedding Fair President, formalize the partnership between UnionBank and Toast Wedding Fair 2026, aimed at enhancing the wedding planning experience through digital payment solutions and supporting wedding […]

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